Weldon School team wins first place at Medical Design & Manufacturing Medical Device Trade Show & Competition
A Weldon School team has won first place in a contest to design pioneering biomedical tools, taking home a prize of $10,000. Awards for VentureWell's BMEidea competition were issued on June 9 during the Medical Design & Manufacturing Medical Device Trade Show & Competition in New York City. The Purdue team developed MarginPAT, an imaging tool for use in breast cancer surgery that enables surgeons to see clearly defined margins around tumors.
The MarginPAT team members were Pu Wang, a postdoctoral fellow in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and doctoral students Rui Li and Lu Lan. The competition challenges students to pioneer a health-related technology that addresses a real clinical need. Competition entries are judged on four categories: technical, economic and regulatory feasibility; contribution to human health and quality of life; technological innovation; and potential for commercialization. VentureWell is a nonprofit organization to help bring student innovations to market.
Learn more about the BMEidea competition and winners.